Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
37,440 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,164 kr
Communal tax
- 7,037 kr
Church tax
- 333 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 12,670 kr
Net pay
* 24,770 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
33.8%
66.2%
Net pay
33.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
24,770 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
12,670 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
26,592 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 37,440 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.10 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
51.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.8% tax rate now rises to 51.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 37,440 kr a year living in the region of Rebild, Denmark, you will be taxed 12,670 kr. That means that your net pay will be 24,770 kr per year, or 2,064 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.8% and your marginal tax rate is 32.7%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 kr in your salary will be taxed 32.70 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.30 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 673 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,365 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 37440
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 37440
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 37440
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 37440
0.0%
4
Germany
DKK 37266
0.5%
5
Spain
DKK 35063
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 34703
7.3%
7
Italy
DKK 33999
9.2%
8
France
DKK 33808
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 33322
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 33303
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 32573
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 30514
18.5%
13
Sweden
DKK 30291
19.1%
14
Ukraine
DKK 30139
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 29399
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 29260
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 27874
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 25927
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 25459
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 24764
33.9%
21
Netherlands
DKK 23557
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 21902
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 34197
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 30307
19.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 37440
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 37440
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 36090
3.6%
3
Thailand
DKK 35366
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 34745
7.2%
5
Taiwan
DKK 34126
8.9%
6
Singapore
DKK 33911
9.4%
7
Indonesia
DKK 33490
10.6%
8
South Korea
DKK 33190
11.4%
9
Malaysia
DKK 33022
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 32988
11.9%
11
India
DKK 32947
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 30926
17.4%
13
Japan
DKK 30423
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 29652
20.8%
15
China
DKK 28146
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 36091
7.7%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 34464
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 33902
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 33850
9.6%
4
Brazil
DKK 33798
9.7%
5
Mexico
DKK 33595
10.3%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 33509
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 33322
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 32760
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 30851
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 29915
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 24287
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 36709
2.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 33481
10.6%
2
Cameroon
DKK 30692
18.0%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 30405
18.8%
4
Kenya
DKK 29985
19.9%
5
Mozambique
DKK 29923
20.1%
6
Ghana
DKK 28376
24.2%
7
Angola
DKK 28237
24.6%
8
Zambia
DKK 26981
27.9%
9
Senegal
DKK 26436
29.4%
10
Uganda
DKK 26395
29.5%
11
Nigeria
DKK 26337
29.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 35568
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 35568
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 34445
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 34445
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 33696
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 33322
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 32517
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 29481
21.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 29405
21.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 23132
38.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Rebild tables of Denmark, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.